air sràid mhic neacail, saoilidh
mi gum bu chòir dhomh bhi aig
dachaidh, mar a b’ è gainne sgorra,
ged is breac gu leòr a ballaichean,
agus dh'iarrainn liantan gorma,
spréidh seach treudan charbad
's caomh leam, dh m'aindeoin,
lainnir tàirneach nam bùth
at home
on nicolson street, i think
i should be at home, were
it not for the absence of peaks
though its walls are chequered
enough, but I'd like green fields,
livestock rather than traffic's roar
and i'm happy, despite myself, in
the beguiling radiance of shops
(clan Macneacail/Nicolson - associated with sgorra breac - the "checkered peaks", near Portree, Skye)
